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Fertility of Immigrants A Two-Generational Approach in Germany

:	Nadja Milewski
:	Fertility of Immigrants A Two-Generational Approach in Germany
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9783642037054
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:	CHF 89.60
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:	Politische Soziologie
:	English

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This volume, 'Fertility of Immigrants: A Two-Generational Approach in Germany' by Dr. Nadja Milewski, is the sixth book of a series of Demographic Research Monographs published by Springer Verlag. Dr. Milewski is now working for the University of Rostock, but at the time she wrote the book, she was a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The book is a slightly-revised version of her doctoral dissertation ('Fertility of Immigrants and Their Descendants in West Germany: An Event History Approach'), which she completed at the Max Planck Institute and submitted to the University of Rostock. She was awarded highest honors, summa cum laude, for her dissertation. As Professor Jan Hoem wrote in his review of Dr. Milewski's dissertation, the research focuses on the patterns and levels of childbearing among immigrant women. Given Germany's varied immigration experience with refugees, asylum seekers, guest workers, and foreign-born persons of German ancestry, Dr. Milewski's topic is of particular interest, especially with regard to differences in the patterns and levels of childbearing among various kinds of immigrants to Germany vs. native-born Germans. Numerous empirical and theoretical studies of childbearing among immigrants to various countries have been published and Dr. Milewski carefully reviews them. While earlier studies have tended to be rather fragmentary, particularly for European populations, Dr. Milewski's research provides a comp- hensive picture of the recent female fertility of post-war migrants and their desc- dants in West Germany, with an emphasis on migrants who came to Germany to work.

	Foreword	6
	Acknowledgments	10
	Contents	11
	List of Figures	14
	List of Tables	15
	Chapter 1 Introduction	18
	1.1 Germany’s Immigration History After 1945	19
	1.1.1 Expellees (Vertriebene) and In-Migrating Ethnic Germans (Aussiedler)	20
	1.1.2 “Guest Workers” (Gastarbeiter) in West Germany	22
	1.1.3 Foreign Workers (Vertragsarbeiter) in the Former GDR	25
	1.1.4 Refugees and Asylum Seekers	26
	1.1.5 Summary: Immigrants and Their Descendants in Germany	27
	1.2 Introduction to Fertility of Immigrants in Germany	29
	1.3 Research Questions and Structure of the Study	32
	Chapter 2 Theory and Empirical Findings in Previous Investigations	35
	2.1 Migration and Fertility	35
	2.1.1 Disruption	37
	2.1.2 Interrelation of Events	38
	2.1.3 Adaptation	39
	2.1.4 Socialization	43
	2.1.5 Selection and Characteristics	44
	2.1.6 Legitimacy	48
	2.1.7 Minority Groups	48
	2.1.8 Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Economic Arguments	49
	2.1.9 Independence-Effect: Sub-Culture and Minority Status	50
	2.1.10 Synthesis: Theories	54
	2.2 Family-Formation Context in the Countries of Origin	56
	2.2.1 Italy and Spain	57
	2.2.2 Turkey	59
	2.2.3 Former Yugoslavia	62
	2.2.4 Greece	63
	2.2.5 Intermediate Conclusion	64
	2.3 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of “Guest Workers” and Their Descendants in Germany	65
	2.3.1 Legal Status	65
	2.3.2 Education	67
	2.3.3 Occupation	68
	2.3.4 Religious Affiliation	71
	2.3.5 Social Interaction and Marriage Behavior	72
	2.4 Research Summary: Fertility of “Guest Workers” in Germany	74
	2.4.1 Period, Age, and Time Effects	74
	2.4.2 Individual Factors Influencing Fertility	77
	2.4.3 Contextual and Cultural Factors	79
	2.4.4 Reflections in the Light of Theory	81
	2.5 Research Approach and Working Hypotheses	85
	2.5.1 The Life-Course Approach	85
	2.5.2 Hypotheses, Part 1 – Entry into Motherhood	88
	2.5.3 Hypotheses, Part II – Transitions to a Second and a Third Child	91
	Chapter 3 Empirical Analysis	94
	3.1 Data, Method, and Explanatory Variables	94
	3.1.1 Data	94
	3.1.2 Method	97
	3.1.3 Explanatory Variables	98
	3.2 Introductory Description of the Sample	107
	3.2.1 Marriage	107
	3.2.2 Completed Family Size	111
	3.3 Results: Transition to a First Child	112
	3.3.1 Kaplan–Meier Survival Estimates	113
	3.3.2 Immigrant Generation and Baseline Intensity (Age of the Woman)	117
	3.3.3 Stay Duration of First-Generation Immigrants	118
	3.3.4 Marriage Duration	119
	3.3.5 Women’s Characteristics	121
	3.3.6 Partner’s Characteristics	123
	3.3.7 Immigration Background	123
	3.3.8 Further Covariates	126
	3.3.9 Intermediate Conclusion	127
	3.4 Results: Transition to a Second Child	128
	3.4.1 Kaplan–Meier Survival Estimates	128
	3.4.2 Immigrant Generation and Baseline Intensity (Age of the First Child)	130
	3.4.3 Stay Duration of First-Generation Immigrants	132
	3.4.4 Women’s Characteristics	133
	3.4.5 Partner’s Characteristics	135
	3.4.6 Immigration Background	135
	3.4.7 Further Covariates	137
	3.4.8 Intermediate Conclusion	137
	3.5 Results: Transition to a Third Child	138
	3.5.1 Kaplan–Meier Survival Estimates	138
	3.5.2 Immigrant Generation and Baseline Intensity (Age of the Second Child)	140
	3.5.3 Stay Duration of First-Generation Immigrants	142
	3.5.4 Women’s Characteristics	143
	3.5.5 Partner’s Educational Attainment	144
	3.5.6 Immigration Background	144
	3.5.7 Further Covariates	146
	3.5.8 Intermediate Conclusion	146
	Chapter 4 Discussion	147
	4.1 Conclusions for Hypotheses	147
	4.1.1 Disruption	147
	4.1.2 Interrelation of Events	148
	4.1.3 Adaptation	150
	4.1.4 Selection and Characteristics	152
	4.1.5 Socialization	153
	4.2 Reflections and Perspectives	155
	4.2.1 Disruption and Union Dissolution	155
	4.2.2 Adaptation and Selection of First-Generation Immigrants	156
	4.2.3 Second-Generation Immigrants	157
	4.2.4 Family Patterns	157
	Chapter 5 Summary	159
	Appendix	163
	First-Child Analysis	163
	Second-Child Analysis	168
	Third-Child Analysis	172
	References	175